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30 Amazing and Fun Horse Facts

In our last article on horse facts we covered some really amazing and little known facts. In this article we are going to cover a few more fun horse facts that are either uncommon or widely known. We are sure you are going to love them. Learning about this extremely loyal friend of humans is always interesting. We will try to keep our facts small and simple so that you can understand them quickly. So, let us begin.

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3. Stallion is the name of a male horse. Mare is the name of a female horse. Colt is the name of a young male horse. Filly is the name of a young female horse. — Source

4. There is only one species of truly wild horse that lives today. It is Przewalski’s horse. — Source

5. The only wild population of Przewalski’s horse can be found in Mongolia.

6. There are several other feral horse populations like North American Mustang. However, these populations are not true wild horses.

7. All domestic horses come from just one species. However, there are 400 different types of breeds. These different breeds have different specializations. For example, racing or pulling wagons. — Source

8. All horses, domestic or wild – they are all grazers and herbivores.

9. Haflinger mare was world’s first cloned horse. It was a female horse. The clone was made in 2003 in Italy. – Source

10. Horses are sweet lovers. They reject food that is bitter or sour. – Source

30 Amazing and Fun Horse Facts was last modified: December 29th, 2017 by Sankalan Baidya

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FaylinnJuly 14, 2016 - 10:09 pm

I never knew that there was a horse that was cloned. This is very interesting to me, because I have heard that cloned animals don’t live that long. It has been 13 years since the Haflinger was made and so do you know whether or not it is still alive?